Glucose Monitoring in Tissue Transfers

University of Wisconsin (UW)

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Reconstructive Tissue Surgery

Treatments: Device: Continuous glucose monitoring system

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00962130

H-2008-0066

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine if 1) a continuous glucose monitoring system can measure glucose levels in transferred tissue during reconstructive surgery, and 2) if glucose measurements from a continuous glucose monitoring system correlate with tissue blood perfusion.

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• presence of a soft tissue deformity where reconstruction with a pedicled or free tissue transfer is indicated
• age 18 and over
• ability to follow-up post-operatively

Exclusion criteria

• age less than 18
• prisoner status
• inability to participate in a standard post-operative follow-up visit

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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0 participants in 1 patient group

Blood Glucose Measurement

Experimental group

Description:

Subjects have sensors placed on skin before surgery and these sensors will measure the subject's glucose until the third day after surgery when they are removed.

Treatment:

Device: Continuous glucose monitoring system